#Cyprus

Four Cypriot citizens and their family members have been safely evacuated from Iran through Armenia and are expected to return to Cyprus on a flight from Yerevan, the foreign ministry ...

A cruise ship carrying around 1,600 foreign nationals from Israel docked at Limassol Port early on Saturday as part of an ongoing Israeli repatriation effort, dubbed “Safe Return”. This marks the ...

Police in Cyprus have arrested an individual on suspicion of terror-related offences and espionage, authorities said on Saturday. The individual appeared before a district court on Saturday, which ordered an ...

Cyprus is one of five European countries where 95 per cent or more of bathing waters were of excellent quality, the European Commission said on Friday. The waters off Cyprus consistently ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with the United States’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as the US deepens its involvement in the ongoing conflict between ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Friday told the police that he was relieved of his duties as ...

Stabilisation works on the old road between Limassol and Paphos, near Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra tou Romiou) are expected to be completed by the end of July, Transport Minister Alexis ...

A total of 49 Cypriot nationals who had been in the Middle East when the conflict between Iran and Israel began last week have now been successfully evacuated, the foreign ministry ...

A total of 24 flights have been chartered, and are set to depart from Larnaca on Friday, to repatriate Israelis attempting to return to Israel amid the closure of the country’...

Lithuania stands in solidarity with Cyprus’ positions on the island’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the country’s president, Gitana Nauseda said on Friday. In joint statements with President Nikos ...

Hotels operating without a full permit got another extension on Thursday, after MPs granted them one more year to comply. The relevant act was passed by unanimous vote at the ...

As promised, the government on Thursday launched an online platform where people losing their savings in the 2013 bank bail-in can apply for partial compensation. It concerns losses to uninsured savings – ...

Thousands of people converged on Cyprus on Thursday as the island became a transport hub, both for Israelis attempting to return to the country, and for others attempting to flee ...

Cyprus is on “the right side of history” when it comes to Ukraine and firmly supports sanctions on Russia, while in the Middle East it is working to be “part ...

The House audit committee on Thursday examined the case of a plot of land which was seized by the state in 1996 for the purpose of building a primary school, but ...

The United States may ask the United Kingdom for permission to station refuelling aircraft at the British base in Akrotiri if it enters the conflict between Iran and Israel, according ...

Petrol prices in Cyprus have begun to rise as a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, with petrol station owners’ association chairman Savvas Prokopiou on Thursday saying ...

The average salary has increased by 13 per cent in the past two years and those earning less than €1,000 per month have dropped by 30 per cent, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said ...

Pafos FC will make their debut in the Champions League, Europe’s premier football competition, against defending Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Cypriot champions, who won their first ever ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday engaged in a verbal back-and-forth, attacking one another’s foreign policies on the matters of Gaza, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said opposition politicians had “turned their backs on unity” in their disapproval of his behind-closed-doors address to the north’s ‘parliament’ the previous ...

Iran’s ambassador in Nicosia Alireza Salarian denied that his country had asked Cyprus to “send a message” to Israel, reinforcing his government’s stance that no such request had ...

More British fighter jets and other aircraft “will follow in [the] coming days” to the region, the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary John Healey said on Tuesday night. Addressing a ...

The new stadium safety bill will “give the key to safer stadiums to the state”, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. Addressing the day’s House legal affairs committee ...